How important is Chess in your life?

Hi folks.. I play the Kings Gambit (when able to) when playing White. When playing Black I play D6, then E6.. I usually play 5 minutes each.
My current rating in Yahoo is 1543.. I love it. I would play all day and nite especially if I'm playing well...
Anyone on this site play on Yahoo and what do they think of it??? [/b]

An engine - in this context - is a computer program that plays chess (for example chessmaster, fritz, ...) All real ICS (Internet Chess Server) have a strict policy about these engines: you can use them if and only if you have permission from the admins, and it is clear that you are using an engine. At chess.net this is done by the (C) tag after your name. The ICS will sanction anyone who uses an engine without first getting permission.
That being said, Yahoo is not an ICS - it is just an internet company that happens to provide a place to play chess. As far as I know they don't sanction against the use of engines. Yahoo chess is infamous for the amount of people who use an engine to inflate their rating, as well as people who cheat in other ways.

"you can use them if and only if you have permission from the admins, and it is clear that you are using an engine"

Clarification:
It means that **IF** you want to use an engine on chess.net...
Then, you must first have permission from the proper admins to use an engine. Once approved, you need to make it clear in the notes section of the approved (C) account, that it is in fact an engine.

Hi all! I like playing 1 0 or 0 1. I have played in others servers. My (lightning) rating in Educared (Spanish server) is 2700. But I prefer chess.net. Many people insult you when they win, or lose. There are a lot of users, but, in my opinion I prefer few people but polite. This is the problem, when you enjoy playing chess, other people only to know bother you.

[quote="bighairyfeet"]Hi folks.. I play the Kings Gambit (when able to) when playing White. When playing Black I play D6, then E6.. I usually play 5 minutes each.
My current rating in Yahoo is 1543.. I love it. I would play all day and nite especially if I'm playing well...
Anyone on this site play on Yahoo and what do they think of it??? [/b][/quote]